Vema cruise 14, November 1957-August 1958 : New York-Buenos Aires, November 1957-August 1958

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Abstract

Information from the Vema 14 cruise from New York to Buenos Aires November 1957-August 1958, during which plankton samples were gathered. This item records the collection of 296 samples from 212 stations and covers station numbers 1/S-212-S. The first station recorded, station 1/S, is at 38-03 N, 70-48 W off the shore of New Jersey. The crew then sails south along the coast of South America, eventually heading east across the Atlantic, then north again up the east side of Africa. They sail through the Mediterranean Sea. The ending coordinates are 36-02.6N, 05-16W, which is in the Alboran Sea. Included is a summary of data from each station. Also included are logs detailing each haul. Logs record the following types of information: cruise number, station number, coordinates, date, median local time, type of tow [typographic error "type of two" in the item], net it, net out, length of tow [typo error "two"], current meter reading, wire angle, corrected depth, displacement vol., corrected displ. vol, vol. H20 filtered, length of wire out, time, sky condition, sea condition, surface temperature, BT slide number, BT serial number, Hansen Hydro Station number, number of samples, max. depth, core number, comments, observer (name). Sheets signed what looks like "Peter Trummil".

Date Range

1957-1958

Start Date

Oct 31, 1957

End Date

Jul 31, 1958

Access Information

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Topic

  • Marine Biology
  • Plankton
  • Invertebrates
  • Marine biologists
  • Marine biology

Place

  • New York
  • Indian Ocean
  • Falkland Islands
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Southern Ocean
  • Gulf of Aden
  • Arabian Sea
  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • Aden, Gulf of
  • South Atlantic Ocean
  • Brazil
  • Alboran Sea
  • Mediterranean Sea

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes
  • Logbooks

Accession #

SIA Acc. 09-008

Collection name

Allan W. H. Bé papers, circa 1953-1969

Physical Description

1 logbook

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 1 Folder 19